Abraham Lincoln lost his job, failed in
business, had his sweetheart die, had a
nervous breakdown, and lost almost every
political office he ever ran for before
becoming elected the 16th President of the
United States.
Bill Gates, the second richest man in the world with
a net worth of $72 Billion dollars, was not always so
successful. Gates first product was Traf-O-Data
8008, a device which could read traffic tapes and
process the data. They first tried to sell the
processing service to the local County, but their first
demo failed because the machine didnt work.
Jim Carrey as a child overcame severe
poverty. He and his family had it so tough at
one point that they were homeless living in a
camper van. Today, Carrey is one of the
highest paid comic actors in Hollywood.
Albert Einstein didnt speak until he was
three years old and failed to impress his
teachers all the way through college. His
instructors thought Einstein was lazy, sloppy,
insubordinate, and that he would never
amount to anything.
Elvis Presley was fired by the manager of
the Grand Ole Opry, after his first
performance, with Jimmy Denny telling him
You aint goin nowhere, son. You ought to
go back to drivin a truck.
Elvis Presley was fired by the manager of
the Grand Ole Opry, after his first
performance, with Jimmy Denny telling him
You aint goin nowhere, son. You ought to
go back to drivin a truck.
Joanne Jo Rowling (J.K Rowling) author of
the Harry Potter series went through a seven-year
period that entailed the death of her mother, divorce
from her first husband and living in poverty on state
benefits while battling with depression. She lived in
a mice-infested flat in Edinburgh and struggled to
raise her baby daughter on a welfare check of 70
pounds ($100) a week. Without money to heat her
apartment, she would sit in cafes to stay warm for
two hours at a time to write, while her daughter
slept.
Marilyn Monroe spent most of her childhood
jumping from one foster home to another and
residing with members of her extended family. She
dropped out of school to marry the son of a next
door neighbor which ended in a divorce. To get her
start in modeling and make ends meet in Hollywood
she did soft-core photos for trading cards and
calendars. When her first contract with Columbia
Pictures expired, they told her she wasnt pretty or
talented enough to be an actress and yet she
overcame to become one of Hollywoods greatest
icons.

Until which moment did her parents
realize there was something wrong?
What abilities were affected by the
illness?
How did she learn to see the world?
Was her childhood frustrating?
How did she communicate with her
family?
How did she show her frustration?
How did Anne Sullivan learn to
interact with deaf and blind people?
How was Kellers experience with
water?
How did Keller react about the water
experience?
What did Keller do when she grew
up?
Until which moment did her parents
realize there was something wrong?
What abilities were affected by the
illness?
How did she learn to see the world?
Was her childhood frustrating?
How did she communicate with her
family?
How did she show her frustration?
How did Anne Sullivan learn to
interact with deaf and blind people?
How was Kellers experience with
water?
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experience? up?